Theory of the Film: Sound

I thought that this article was really interesting and made me think of sounds in a different perspective. I feel like sounds are under appreciated because they seem to be just the "background" noises of our lives and we aren't necessarily always conscious of them, yet sound is a huge part of our everyday lives. I think that it is really awesome how much a film benefits from the use of sound as well as the lack of sound to create different feelings and emotions. This immediately makes me think of horror films specifically. A door slamming in a silent, abandoned house definitely evokes a fear in the characters as well as the audience. One of my favorite things said in this article is that "No other art can reproduce silence, neither painting nor sculpture, 'neither literature nor the silent film could do so" because I really feel like that is too true. Many films would be nothing without their score!